2,160 verses contain “thing” (in the KJV: 2,015, in the BSB: 636) — showing 1,701–1,800
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Let all things be performed after the law of God diligently unto the most high God, that wrath come not upon the kingdom of the king and his sons.
And again we besought our Lord as touching these things, and found him favourable unto us.
Now when these things were done, the rulers came unto me, and said,
And now, O Lord, what shall we say, having these things? for we have transgressed thy commandments, which thou gavest by the hand of thy servants the prophets, saying,
Moreover ye shall never seek to have peace with them, that ye may be strong, and eat the good things of the land, and that ye may leave the inheritance of the land unto your children for evermore.
Behold, now are we before thee in our iniquities, for we cannot stand any longer by reason of these things before thee.
But forasmuch as the people are many, and it is foul weather, so that we cannot stand without, and this is not a work of a day or two, seeing our sin in these things is spread far:
And they that were of the captivity did according to all these things.
So the Levites published all things to the people, saying, This day is holy to the Lord; be not sorrowful.
And your children shall not be fruitful; for they have despised my commandment, and done the thing that is an evil before me.
Then the angel said unto me, Go thy way, and tell my people what manner of things, and how great wonders of the Lord thy God, thou hast seen.
And every people walked after their own will, and did wonderful things before thee, and despised thy commandments.
And in all things did even as Adam and all his generations had done: for they also had a wicked heart:
Then answered I and said, What man is able to do that, that thou shouldest ask such things of me?
Nevertheless now have I asked thee but only of the fire and wind, and of the day wherethrough thou hast passed, and of things from which thou canst not be separated, and yet canst thou give me no answer of them.
He said moreover unto me, Thine own things, and such as are grown up with thee, canst thou not know;
For like as the ground is given unto the wood, and the sea to his floods: even so they that dwell upon the earth may understand nothing but that which is upon the earth: and he that dwelleth above the heavens may only understand the things that are above the height of the heavens.
For it was not my mind to be curious of the high things, but of such as pass by us daily, namely, wherefore Israel is given up as a reproach to the heathen, and for what cause the people whom thou hast loved is given over unto ungodly nations, and why the law of our forefathers is brought to nought, and the written covenants come to none effect,
What will he then do unto his name whereby we are called? of these things have I asked.
And cannot comprehend the things that are promised to the righteous in time to come: for this world is full of unrighteousness and infirmities.
But as concerning the things whereof thou askest me, I will tell thee; for the evil is sown, but the destruction thereof is not yet come.
Then I answered and said, How, and when shall these things come to pass? wherefore are our years few and evil?
Did not the souls also of the righteous ask question of these things in their chambers, saying, How long shall I hope on this fashion? when cometh the fruit of the floor of our reward?
Open me the places that are closed, and bring me forth the winds that in them are shut up, shew me the image of a voice: and then I will declare to thee the thing that thou labourest to know.
And I said, O Lord that bearest rule, who may know these things, but he that hath not his dwelling with men?
As for me, I am unwise: how may I then speak of these things whereof thou askest me?
Then said he unto me, Like as thou canst do none of these things that I have spoken of, even so canst thou not find out my judgment, or in the end the love that I have promised unto my people.
For like as a young child may not bring forth the things that belong to the aged, even so have I disposed the world which I created.
Then did I consider these things, and they all were made through me alone, and through none other: by me also they shall be ended, and by none other.
And why? because the speech of these things trembleth and is moved: for it knoweth that the end of these things must be changed.
If thou wilt pray yet more, and fast seven days again, I shall tell thee greater things by day than I have heard.
And therefore hath he sent me to shew thee all these things, and to say unto thee, Be of good comfort and fear not
Upon the sixth day thou gavest commandment unto the earth, that before thee it should bring forth beasts, cattle, and creeping things:
There is also another thing; A city is builded, and set upon a broad field, and is full of all good things:
If then they that live labour not to enter these strait and vain things, they can never receive those that are laid up for them.
Why hast thou not considered in thy mind this thing that is to come, rather than that which is present?
Then answered I and said, O Lord that bearest rule, thou hast ordained in thy law, that the righteous should inherit these things, but that the ungodly should perish.
Nevertheless the righteous shall suffer strait things, and hope for wide: for they that have done wickedly have suffered the strait things, and yet shall not see the wide.
Nevertheless they were not obedient unto him; but spake against him, and imagined vain things;
And therefore, Esdras, for the empty are empty things, and for the full are the full things.
That, if he be overcome, he shall suffer as thou hast said: but if he get the victory, he shall receive the thing that I say.
But that which keepeth and is kept shall both be preserved: and when the time cometh, the womb preserved delivereth up the things that grew in it.
That the thing which is fashioned may be nourished for a time, till thou disposest it to thy mercy.
If therefore thou shalt destroy him which with so great labour was fashioned, it is an easy thing to be ordained by thy commandment, that the thing which was made might be preserved.
O Lord, thou that dwellest in everlastingness which beholdest from above things in the heaven and in the air;
Then answered he me, and said, Some things hast thou spoken aright, and according unto thy words it shall be.
For as the husbandman soweth much seed upon the ground, and planteth many trees, and yet the thing that is sown good in his season cometh not up, neither doth all that is planted take root: even so is it of them that are sown in the world; they shall not all be saved.
Even so perisheth man also, which is formed with thy hands, and is called thine own image, because thou art like unto him, for whose sake thou hast made all things, and likened him unto the husbandman’s seed.
Then answered he me, and said, Things present are for the present, and things to cometh for such as be to come.
These things have I not shewed unto all men, but unto thee, and a few like thee. Then answered I and said,
Then shalt thou well understand, that the most High spake of those things from the days that were before thee, even from the beginning.
Yet they that received it perished, because they kept not the thing that was sown in them.
That thing also which was sown, or cast therein, or received, doth perish, and remaineth not with us: but with us it hath not happened so.
Our psaltery is laid on the ground, our song is put to silence, our rejoicing is at an end, the light of our candlestick is put out, the ark of our covenant is spoiled, our holy things are defiled, and the name that is called upon us is almost profaned: our children are put to shame, our priests are burnt, our Levites are gone into captivity, our virgins are defiled, and our wives ravished; our righteous men carried away, our little ones destroyed, our young men are brought in bondage, and our strong men are become weak;
He answered me then, and said, Hear me, and I shall inform thee, and tell thee wherefore thou art afraid: for the Highest will reveal many secret things unto thee.
And, behold, thou sawest her likeness, and because she mourned for her son, thou begannest to comfort her: and of these things which have chanced, these are to be opened unto thee.
And I saw that all things under heaven were subject unto her, and no man spake against her, no, not one creature upon earth.
Then I head a voice, which said unto me, Look before thee, and consider the thing that thou seest.
In his last days shall the most High raise up three kingdoms, and renew many things therein, and they shall have the dominion of the earth,
Therefore write all these things that thou hast seen in a book, and hide them:
Now understand I the things that are laid up in the latter days, which shall happen unto them, and to those that are left behind.
Yet is it easier for him that is in danger to come into these things, than to pass away as a cloud out of the world, and not to see the things that happen in the last days. And he answered unto me, and said,
The interpretation of the vision shall I shew thee, and I will open unto thee the thing that thou hast required.
And the time shall be when these things shall come to pass, and the signs shall happen which I shewed thee before, and then shall my Son be declared, whom thou sawest as a man ascending.
And he said unto me, Like as thou canst neither seek out nor know the things that are in the deep of the sea: even so can no man upon earth see my Son, or those that be with him, but in the day time.
And therefore have I shewed thee the treasures of the Highest: after other three days I will speak other things unto thee, and declare unto thee mighty and wondrous things.
And because he governeth the same, and such things as fall in their seasons: and there I sat three days.
And told him many wondrous things, and shewed him the secrets of the times, and the end; and commanded him, saying,
For thy law is burnt, therefore no man knoweth the things that are done of thee, or the work that shall begin.
And forasmuch as he is a righteous judge, he took from you in time the thing that he had given you.
Behold, saith God, I will call together all the kings of the earth to reverence me, which are from the rising of the sun, from the south, from the east, and Libanus; to turn themselves one against another, and repay the things that they have done to them.
But for all these things they shall not turn from their wickedness, nor be always mindful of the scourges.
Hear now these things and understand them, ye servants of the Lord.
For, behold, the burning wrath of a great multitude is kindled over you, and they shall take away certain of you, and feed you, being idle, with things offered unto idols.
Whe she heard these things, she was very sorrowful, so that she thought to have strangled herself; and she said, I am the only daughter of my father, and if I do this, it shall be a reproach unto him, and I shall bring his old age with sorrow unto the grave.
Let not the wages of any man, which hath wrought for thee, tarry with thee, but give him it out of hand: for if thou serve God, he will also repay thee: be circumspect my son, in all things thou doest, and be wise in all thy conversation.
Bless the Lord thy God alway, and desire of him that thy ways may be directed, and that all thy paths and counsels may prosper: for every nation hath not counsel; but the Lord himself giveth all good things, and he humbleth whom he will, as he will; now therefore, my son, remember my commandments, neither let them be put out of thy mind.